Cheshire street excavation bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Before the Town of Cheshire lets you cut into a town street, it requires a $10,000 street-excavation bond guaranteeing you restore the road. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application takes about five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your permit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Town of Cheshire's Public Works / Engineering office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A street-excavation bond is a restoration guarantee to the Town of Cheshire. When you trench a road to reach a utility, the town wants assurance the pavement, curb, and base are put back to its specification — not left as a patch that fails next winter.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Cheshire (the obligee). If you abandon the cut or the restoration fails, the town can recover its repair costs against the bond, up to $10,000.
The bond stays in place for the permit period. Keep it active until the town signs off on your restoration; we send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out so a long job never lapses on a missed email.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
How much is the Town of Cheshire street-excavation bond? +
Do I pay the $10,000? +
How fast will I have the bond? +
Is there a credit check? +
Who is the obligee? +
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.